New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-21
hope FOR THE IRISH CAUSE
TALK WITH MR. SEXTON oN
SITUATION.

z.,, rcrIoN A GOOD 0MRN-E'S"'
oppos,T1oS TO THE COERCION BILL
pr OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of Ii
cIosURE-IRIsH MEMBERS As D''
TAToRs-MR. PARNkLl-
,nycIBIE TO THE TRIBUNE
co,vriqht; 1887 North america" ca' SoS,or M p
JoypoS. May 20'-I inquired VI Oi.. ,rominent
this evening what struck Nun dc - ~ DO renlied:
e 90 the immediate SITUATION h0 rso,
mSu.1 .,o 81 lustel election, should say wh1o"
80, w. .. a very satisfactory omen, all 'hnes ooi-
7, 20 true that at the last eiec'ion pro
49, ;n+roduction of the Home Ruie p'ii 'no
s.au;.,, Cor the Gladstonian candidate was W.
o ooo o,d that the Gladstonian maJoinS nv. -
- little over 200. but at the las. ,,,, o'oosIu
.ho cIadstonian candidate was an eAceP'iV iVn@-'
stropc local man and his opponent WIS d "0"N =.
o.,oe ~ T1oso conditions were exactly reversed III
s,-.oaa,t ,rstance The Unionist candldate was
@ VIZ ocular and very r1ch local man. while Mt.
NJ rtbnr was a stranger and not very proiinei''
nolitieian. The Cornish people are excep'ionaiy
cannish and largely influenced py their io0"i
gentry, who. as a rule, are either iorieS VI oO
;srs You must remember that the two counties Oh
Devon and Cornwall supply the largest propoi''on
of Liberal Unonists in the House.
"The election, moreover took place III
ha height of the sensation caused
~, The 7imes's forgeries and ibes, and the Union
;sts 10 use an American phrase. worked THIS Vein
for all il was worth. They sent down Dattaiioh
of their most fluent speakers, who biackened tue
air and placarded every dead-wall with the mos'
atrocious calumnies of the Irish people ano 'ho
Irish members. The intimidation, 100, was unpro-
cedepted Liberal voters were afraid TO rlde III INC
CARRIAGES sent to them lest they might lose thelr
employment. Altogether 1t was an extraordinary
nnion of unfavorable circumstances not likely 70
reoccur and yet a victory for the Home huie o"u'o
was won by a substantial majority"
'What do you think OF the Parliamentary si'ua-
ton -
"Tba re;ection of Sir William Harcourts amend
ment began a new period in the history
of the Coercion bill. 1t has stripped OIL
the veil and compelled the Government to confess
that the bill is simply landlords bill for rent col
lections and the suppression of defensive organlza
t;on and combination among the tenants, IL mas
exposed the bad faith of the Government ana de-
prives them of the right to be treated as politicians
who say what they mean or mean What 'hey say
Henceforward every opposition that can be onered
10 the bill will be justified"
"How far do you think that opposition will be
eficaciousi"
"Well. it should render the session barren except
of the Coercion bill alone and prove to demonstrate
the truth of Mr. Gadstone's saying that Ireland
blocks the way"
"suppose the Government resort to some short
and sharp method of closing the Opposition, such
as Mr. Goschen limited at the other day 7"
"What can they dol If the Irish members we're
to he provoked some night into breaking the rules
of the House vour Coerconists would not hesitate
70 use those beds in Mibank for them. But 1t will
he the duty of the Irish members not to give them
the chance They will not even obstruct. Ihe
amendments accepted mp to this prove how useiul
and necessary has been the opposition we have
offered them We have left the discussion SO far
in the hands of about half dozen legal members
If these were 10 be suspended for alleged obstruc-
ton there are half dozen more to step into their
place and number Of English members who VIII
he ready to follow the example. As for the closure
these discussions have proved the utter lnehclency
of that instrument to combat Parliamentary
energy. 1t is being used several times
every evening. vet it does not help
the progress of bill the by an hour
Practically the Irish party can dictate the length
of the debates on the bill p spite of all closures and
all majorities as much as if the rules had never
passed" - So, ,.. A.. urn oo,,td
delay the bill for four sessions If we choose T.
So we could, but fancy # we keep them AT II
for this entire session it will serve our purpose
We shall want TO 80 10 M gu ba II does ~
For the thorough conversion OF the Engnsh peopIe
it will be necessary to see before them the spec
tacle of the Irish people and this Coercion act 10
conflict, and that cannot be done until inc Dill Is
law 20 :. oho,,a
apCear that the Government mean TO use the secret
inquiry clause against orderly comoiha'lonS ioI
seli-defence among tenantst
Then the people may find II necessary TO come
TO general public resolution not TO attend the III
qulries when summoned, and when the Govern
ment have a thousand men in prison for contempt
OF court their position will be as hopeless as tha OF
Mr. Forster in the spring OF looZ EVeIytnln
hinges upon the private inquiries. III tiley DreaK
down the act goes to pieces. because there VIII DC
no proof forthcoming as TO the matters against
which the act is directed. lgye them TWO years
Of that sort of thing at the outside 10 break tnem
up during which time the Liberal -Unionlsts shall
become the most Odous set Of politicians that ever
existed in the estimation of their own country
men. The end will be an attempt at new
Carnaryon era with fresh Overtures toward Home
Rule, duplication in fact OF the Spencer pOilcy OIL
lSS2 after Fors ters failure BY the way. IT is not
think from the Nationalist point OF view at ali 10
be regretted that the Government have been so silly
as to accept the lead of the Orange magistrate OF
Ulster in suppressng the meetings of the P10t estant
Home Rule Association in that province. The bare
fact proves of itself that there is In Ulster BODY
OF Protestant Home Rulers strong enough to invite
Suppression. Once that fact SINKS INTO the MINDS
OF the British people Mr.. ChamDerlalns occupation
will be gone for the hollow of his pretence
that there are two nations in Ireland arrayed
against each other the question Of creed Will he
patent to every observer. The more regard
the Irish cause and the development OF 1T: es-
pecaly during the last two years, the more am
convinced that the truth is great and though the
progress may be slow, 1t must pievall."
nell, who has been attending in the House
during the last few days. Though looking much
cut up he feels in excellent spirits and feel con-
fdent that with his splendid pnysique ana aIter
little relaxation and ease OF mnd ne VIII soeeqhy
regain his full ylgor I. Z. GILL, M. L.